(2022-01-03). Thursday 2/10: Social Media: Tackling Misinformation, Hate & Extremism Online for a Just & Safer World. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-03). AOC goes maskless to Florida party (VIDEO). rt.com 
Democrat goes bare-faced to drag bar after pushing mask mandates | New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was seen schmoozing with drag queens at a packed Florida bar, despite being a staunch proponent of mask mandates. Conservatives have blasted AOC as a hypocrite. | A video clip posted to social media on Sunday showed the Democrat congresswoman waving to a cheering crowd at a 'Drag Queen Brunch' event in Miami, Florida. In another photo, Ocasio-Cortez can be seen hugging actor Billy Porter, who was hosting the event. | pic.twitter.com/8l30GFA0GT— Brendon Leslie (@BrendonLeslie) (2022-01-03). NFL rebel Antonio Brown issues fresh message after quitting mid-game (VIDEO). rt.com 
NFL star Antonio Brown left the field shirtless and has had his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cut short | Troubled NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has taken to social media following his wild in-game exit on Sunday that ended his tenure with the current Super Bowl holders. | To his 6 million followers on Instagram, 'AB' posted a photo of himself in his Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform. | It showed the 33-year-old in action just after a catch and came with the caption: "Big Mad (Making a Difference)." | "Thanks for the opportunity," he signed off, with emojis of a 'Hang Loose' hand and a wasp. | Brown's lat…
(2022-01-03). DJ denies infecting Messi with Covid. rt.com 
An Argentine DJ has said he did not pass on coronavirus to the football icon | Argentinian DJ Fer Palacio has denied giving Covid to Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi, saying he has received death threats after it was revealed that the football superstar had caught the virus. | Fer Palacio performed at one of several parties attended by the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner over the Christmas and New Year break back in his Argentine homeland. | In videos uploaded to social media, Messi was seen dancing with wife Antonella as neither donned a mask. | On the eve of a Coupe de France match to be played against mi…
(2022-01-03). Bitcoin predicted to hit $100k. rt.com 
El Salvador's head of state predicts Bitcoin will have a blast in 2022, from official adoption to hitting the elusive 6-digit price | El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, predicts Bitcoin will double in price this year and reach $100,000 per coin amid official adoption as a sovereign currency. | In a tweet on Sunday, Bukele — whose country last year became the first to embrace Bitcoin as a sovereign currency — pitched a couple of exciting predictions for the world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. | He tweeted that Bitcoin may finally reach the long-sought $100,000 price tag someti…
(2022-01-03). Bolsonaro Attacks Venezuela, Refuses Argentina's Aid Following Tragic Floods in Brazil. orinocotribune.com 
This Saturday, January 1, Venezuela's Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia demanded that the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, authorize air and land transfers to facilitate the return of Venezuelan nationals in Brazil who want to return to Venezuela. This within the framework of recent floods and Brazil's calamitous management of the pandemic. Venezuela's Vuelta a la Patria program facilitates the return of Venezuelans to their home country, providing transport and medical services free of charge. | Through a post published on his Twitter account, @PlasenciaFlex, the head of Venezuelan diplomacy pointed out that…
(2022-01-03). Russian Muslim leaders deny they want Beijing boycott. rt.com 
Russia's leading Muslim body says it has not called for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics | Russia's Islamic leaders have rebutted suggestions that they have forbidden Muslim athletes from competing at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in protest at China's treatment of its Uyghur population. | A document shared at the end of December by the 'Global Imams Council' Twitter account purportedly came from senior Islamic leaders who 'banned' Muslim athletes from appearing at the upcoming Games in Beijing. | "This event directly serves the interests of a tyrannical and oppressive regime that is directly respon…
(2022-01-03). Iranian Hackers deface Jerusalem Post with missile threat on Anniversary of Trump-Netanyahu Assassination of Gen. Soleimani. juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Monday morning, according to Iran International, Iranian hackers defaced the front page of the Israeli newspaper the Jerusalem Post and the Twitter feed of the Hebrew-language daily Maariv [Evening]. They posted an image, which stayed up a couple of hours, of a missile aimed at the Shimon Peres Negev …
(2022-01-03). Is the Turkish Finance Minister wrecking Economy 'with a twinkle in his eye'? juancole.com By Arzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org) — Turkish Twitter-sphere was full of memes and jokes after the country's new Minister of Treasure and Finance, Nureddin Nebati, exclaimed in a TV interview that the economy was about the "twinkle" in his eyes. The twinkle was the minister's response to a question on economic indicators as the country …
(2022-01-03). México se acerca a los 300.000 muertos por la Covid-19. telesurtv.net El país latinoamericano registró durante las últimas 48 horas un total de 10.864 nuevos casos de la enfermedad viral.
(2022-01-03). FDA issues emergency use authorization for second at-home COVID-19 treatment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For the second time in as many days, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization for an investigational antiviral pill to treat COVID-19. This time it is Merck's molnupiravir. According to the company, under the emergency use authorization, the treatment is cleared to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults who have tested positive for the disease, are at high risk for progression to severe COIVD-19 and for whom alternative COVID-19…
(2022-01-03). Scientists explain HIV 'immunity' phenomenon. rt.com 
US researchers have come closer to answering the question why some people are able to control HIV levels without antiretroviral therapy | A group of American scientists has come closer to solving the mystery of so-called 'elite controllers' (ECs) — a rare group of people who are able to keep low levels of HIV without antiretroviral drugs. | Researchers from the National Institutes of Health compared "chromosomal integration sites and escape mutations" of 58 'elite controllers' and 42 individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) "to understand the role of immune pressure." | The tests showed that elite con…
(2022-01-02). 'Fishy' phenomenon as city hit by 'animal rain'. rt.com 
Hundreds of small fish fell from the sky in the aftermath of two storms last week | Residents of Texarkana were pelted with "animal rain" last week after two storms blew through the US city on the border between Texas and Arkansas. As the weather cleared up, locals found the streets littered with small fish. | While the phenomenon could seem unbelievable, the City of Texarkana noted that it was, in fact, real. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the city explained that "animal rain" occurs when small water-based critters like fish, but also snakes, crabs, and frogs, get "swept up" by "waterspouts." | Noting that…
(2022-01-02). Women 'auctioned' online in India through 'lewd' photos — reports. rt.com 
The names and edited photos of hundreds of Muslim women in India were featured on a now-defunct site as part of an alleged 'auction' | Photographs of hundreds of Indian Muslim women were shared on an app that reportedly auctioned the women online. The images, which were sourced from their social media accounts and apparently doctored, have sparked an uproar. | The issue came to light after anonymous Twitter users shared details about the app, called 'Bulli Bai', with links to its page on software development platform GitHub. On Saturday, several women tweeted about their names and likenesses being shared on th…
(2022-01-02). Twitter deplatforms Republican lawmaker over Covid 'misinformation'. rt.com 
Conservative firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene had reportedly tweeted about 'extremely high Covid vaccine deaths' | Twitter has permanently suspended Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Georgia) personal account for alleged "repeated violations" of its rules regarding Covid-19 misinformation. Greene's congressional account remains active. | In a statement on Sunday, the social media giant confirmed that it had suspended Greene's personal page (@mtgreenee). The company said it had "been clear" that "per our strike system" for the misinformation policy, accounts of repeat offenders would be permanently bloc…
(2022-01-02). Marjorie Taylor Greene's Personal Twitter Account Permanently Suspended Over COVID Misinformation. sputniknews.com In response to Twitter's move, a visibly shaken Greene labeled the social media platform as "an enemy to America."
(2022-01-02). Biden's "Diplomacy Is Back" Falls Flat as 2021 Middle East Policy a Miserable Flop. strategic-culture.org By no means has voting blue meant a change for the better; in fact, the only real difference between Biden and Trump in terms of foreign policy is that instead of mean tweets, more respectful language is used to give the new president the veneer of respectability. | By Robert INLAKESH | Despite President Joe Biden having claimed earlier this year that "diplomacy is back" and that he would end the war in Yemen, revive the Iran Nuclear Deal and settle several other issues, in reality his Middle East foreign policy has been just as detrimental to the region as was that of his predecessor. | "This war has to end…we…
(2022-01-02). Twitter Boots Marjorie Taylor Greene From Platform for COVID Misinformation. truthout.org 
Twitter has permanently suspended one of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's accounts for "repeated violations" of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, a spokesperson for the service confirmed Sunday. | The suspended account, @mtgreenee, was her personal and more prolific account. She will still be allowed to post from her official Congressional page, @RepMTG. | Her final tweet falsely referenced "extremely high amounts of Covid vaccine deaths" — a phenomenon with no basis in reality that nonetheless has b…
(2022-01-02). Crypto 'cloud wars' have a winner, and it's not Bitcoin. rt.com 
Last year brought many surprises to the cryptocurrency market, including a new leader | The 2021 performance of all three major cryptocurrency media darlings — Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu — was overshadowed by Ether, which surged over 400% this year. | While the others were grabbing headlines, Ether was securing market attention, it seems. As of Friday, December 31, it was up 410%, according to Coinbase data, trading around $3,730 per coin. While it is much less than Bitcoin, it is still far ahead of any other cryptocurrency on the market, including Twitter favorites Shiba Inu and Dogecoin.
(2022-01-02). Reto viral: øEres capaz de encontrar el número faltante? cubadebate.cu Cubadebate te propone un nuevo reto viral que está poniendo a prueba a muchos usuarios de las redes sociales. Se trata de un acertijo matemático para encontrar el número faltante. Lo que hay que hacer es encontrar el número restante para poder completar la secuencia lógica de esta acertijo. Déjanos saber en los comentarios si lograste resolver el reto.